SightFirst Statistics

SightFirst's accomplishments since 1990 are astounding:

• Awarded US$232.5 million for 956 projects in 100 countries
• Provided 7.6 million cataract surgeries
• Prevented serious vision loss for 30 million
• Improved eye care services for hundreds of millions
• Provided 131 million treatments for river blindness
• Built or expanded 300 eye hospitals/clinics/wards
• Upgraded 372 eye centers with equipment
• Provided management training for 115 facilities
• Trained 345,000 ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, other professional eye care workers and village health workers
• Launched world's first-ever initiative to combat childhood blindness in partnership with the World Health Organization. The 35 pediatric eye care centers established or strengthened have impacted the lives of 100 million children